Golf-stick.



R. 0. TICE.

GOLF STICK.

(Application fllednDec. 13. 18%9.)

'No. 649,l46. v Patented May 8, 1900.

(No Model.)

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ROBERT O. TICE, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

GOLF-STICK.

sPEoIFIcATroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,146, dated May 8,1900.

Application filed December 13,1899- Serl'al No. 740,228. (No model.)

To caZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT O. TIOE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of Albany, county of Albany, Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to golf-sticks; and the object of my invention isto provide a golfstick composed of a series of sectional parts of woodunited together in such a manner that the grain of the adjacent stripsmay be so disposed in reference to each other as to allow for avgolf-stick to be varied in reference to its pliability or stiffness asdesired. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation with partsbroken away. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the golf-stick. Fig.3 is a cross-section. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of mystick with parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of themodified form. Fig. 6 is a detailed View of the sectional strips A. Fig.7 is a detailed View showing two of the strips with their toughestportion at the outside. Fig. 8 is a detailed View showing two of thestrips placed with the toughest portion at the center of the stick. Fig.9 is a plan view of one of the strips. Fig. 10 is a detailed view of twoof the strips, one having its toughest portion at the center and theother at the outside.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

It is a well-known fact that fishing-rods have been constructed of splitbamboo, the split portions being united and forming a very useful andbeautifully finished rod. When it is desirable to obtain one rodstronger than another, it is necessary to get a heavier rod, because thestrength of the wood lies near the surface and the outside of the bamboomust form the outside of the fishing-rod.

I have invented a means for constructing a golf-stick out of strips ofwood split not unlike the strips used in a bamboo fishing-rod, withthese exceptions: First, the wood used is preferably white ash, and,second, instead of placing the strips together so thatthe portion of thestrips Which is nearest the outside of the tree, and which is ofnecessity the toughest, shall be the outside of the golf-stick, Icombine strips in such a manner that the grain of the strips adjacent toeach other may be changed, so as torender the stick more or lesspliable, depending upon the position of the adjacent strips in referenceto their grain. A stick thus constructed of strips will not sting thehand when used or become bent and out of shape as an ordinary sticksometimes will. I can make a golf-stick of a given weight and make itVery stiff, or by differently arranging the strips in reference to eachother I can make the same stick more pliable, and in this way withoutadding to the weight of the stick 1 can increase its stiffness orpliability. That this is an important element of the invention isapparent, since a stick of very light weight may thus be made as stiffand strong as a much heavier stick could be constructed in the usualmethod of constructing the same.

Referring to the drawings, A B represent the triangular-shaped strips ofash sawed and planedin such a manner that they will fit together andform a composite stick B. These strips are fastened together by glue orby any suitable means and the head 0 and the handle D secured to thestick in any desired manner.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a modified form of my invention which is thesame as that already described, with the exception that I arrangethrough the center of the stick an opening through which I may place ametallic rod E for the purpose of adding to the rigidity of the stick.

In the drawings it is supposed that the strips A and B are the hardestand toughest at that portion of the strips having the shorter shadelines. Thus in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 the hardest portions of each stripare in each case 'the hardest portion of the strip B at the interior, bywhich arrangement a composite stick is formed in which the pliabilityand rigidity would be between that shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A series of triangular strips of Wood, each at the others, andadapted to be placed together and secured in position in such a mannerthat the pliability of the stick may be increased or diminished,depending upon the position of the strips in reference to each other,substantially as described.

3. In a golf stick, a series of triangular strips arranged and securedtogether in such a manner as to form a hexagonal stick, with a metallicrod passing through the center thereof, substantially as describedSigned by me at Albany,- New York, this 7th day of December, 1899.

ROBERT O. TICE. \Vitnesses:

FREDERICK W. CAMERON, MARY E. PARLA'II.

